Dixi
The village of Dixi is one of the small outposts supporting the wood elf Tenashi Kingdom. The community is best known as a location for experimental farming and the growing of new crops. The local lord tends to send agents out to collect crops from distant lands to test their viability in the soil of the Dytikaxylo. These experiments are fully supported by the Queen, and the luxury farm good they have produced have proven to be sought after by the elite of wood elf society.
Demographics
The population of Dixi is made up of forest elves of the Tenashi Kingdom, but unlike the other outposts, actually welcomes forest gnomes to settle within it. Over one hundred forest gnomes live here, making it the largest gnomish community in the woods. They assist with the agricultural experiments, providing some expertise that elves simply do not have in working with soil.
Government
The queen is the direct ruler of the city of Tenashi, and the other communities have their own familial heads. Each village and town headsman receives their directions from the queen herself for the management of the community, assuming that her direct intervention is required. Most of the time, however, every forest elf community is given ample leeway and freedom of action. That translates to nearly full autonomy for the family, within the guidelines set by the monarchy.
Defences
Lacking the protection of being in the treetops like the rest of the Tenashi Kingdom, Dixi has instead had to make due with actual walls. Working into the means of concealment, the clearing and community is protected by a wall of thorns, grown up to thirty feet in height and made to look as a natural part of the forest. Nearly impassable by natural means, the wall is of course magically protected from axes and fire, to prevent incursions. Illusions also make it difficult for humans and others to track the extent of the wall, and the area is often shrouded in fogs that are designed to disorient travelers and scouts.
Infrastructure
Dixi uses the forest and trees as the homes and concealment, much like every other forest elf community. The exception here is that they possess what could be considered fields, having used magic to encourage the trees to allow more sunlight than is present on the floor of the forest elsewhere. The migration of the trees has formed a clearing, in which the elves grow their crops, and commute from their tree homes to tend to the fields as need be. There are underground gnomish burrows scattered throughout the clearing, caring for the roots of the fields themselves in their efforts to grow more foods.
Founding Date
726 AF
Type
Village
Population
520
Related Ethnicities
Inhabitant Demonym
Dixi Elf
Location under
Owner/Ruler
Owning Organization
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